Characterization of users at risk of developing diabetes: a cross-sectional study

• Autor(a) principal: Lima,Carla Lidiane Jácome de
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Ferreira,Thalys Maynnard Costa, Oliveira,Patrícia Simplício de, Ferreira,Josefa Danielma Lopes, Silva,Eliane Cristina da, Costa,Marta Miriam Lopes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672018000700475
• topic: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2; Risk Factors; Primary Prevention; Nursing; Primary Health Care

ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the profile of users at risk of developing diabetes mellitus type 2 according to sociodemographic and clinical variables. Method: Cross-sectional study, descriptive, quantitative approach conducted with 266 users of Basic Care. Inferential statistics analysis, calculating the crude prevalence ratio with confidence interval of 95% and Kruskal-Wallis test, and application of the multivariate technique simple Correspondence Analysis. Results: It was noted that 83.1% were women and 36.4% frequented the Family Health Unit from 1 to 5 years. Regarding the factors associated with diabetes mellitus type 2, 66.5% of the users were overweight and 77.9% were rated with central obesity. The great majority, 77.4%, did not practice physical activities and 21.1% had altered glycemia. Conclusion: The results showed that many risk factors for developing diabetes mellitus type 2 were among the population of the study.